Nes is a former municipality in the old

Hedmark Hedmark () was a county in Norway before 1 January 2020, bordering Trøndelag to the north, Oppland to the west, Akershus to the south, and Sweden to the east. The county administration is in Hamar. Hedmark and Oppland counties were merged int ...

county,

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. The municipality existed from 1838 until its dissolution in 1964 when it became part of

Ringsaker Municipality is a municipality in Innlandet county, Norway. It is located in the traditional district of Hedemarken. The administrative centre of the municipality is the town of Brumunddal. Other settlements in Ringsaker include the town of Moelv and the ...

. The administrative centre was the village of

Tingnes Tingnes is a village in Ringsaker Municipality in Innlandet county, Norway. The village is located on the southern end of the Nes peninsula, along the shores of the lake Mjøsa. The village lies about southeast of the village of Stavsjø. There ...

where Nes Church is located. The largest village in Nes was

Stavsjø Stavsjø is a village in Ringsaker Municipality in Innlandet county, Norway. The village is located on the Nes peninsula, about northwest of the village of Tingnes and about southwest of the town of Brumunddal. Stavsjø Church is located in th ...

where the

Stavsjø Church Stavsjø Church ( no, Stavsjø kirke) is a parish church of the Church of Norway in Ringsaker Municipality in Innlandet county, Norway. It is located in the village of Stavsjø. It is one of the churches for the Nes parish which is part of the Rin ...

is located. The municipality included the Nes peninsula and the island of Helgøya which both are surrounded by the large lake Mjøsa, Norway's largest lake. Nes church

History

The parish of ''Næs'' was established as a municipality on 1 January 1838 (see formannskapsdistrikt law). During the 1960s, there were many municipal mergers across Norway due to the work of the

Schei Committee The Schei Committee ( no, Schei-komitéen) was a committee named by the Government of Norway to look into the organization of municipalities in Norway post-World War II. It convened in 1946, and its formal name was (The 1946 Committee on Municip ...

. On 1 January 1964, the municipality of Nes (population: 4,184) was merged with the municipality of Furnes (population: 7,288), the municipality of

Ringsaker is a municipality in Innlandet county, Norway. It is located in the traditional district of Hedemarken. The administrative centre of the municipality is the town of Brumunddal. Other settlements in Ringsaker include the town of Moelv and the ...

(population: 16,490), and the Hamarsberget and Vikersødegården areas of the municipality of Vang (population: 34) to create the new, larger

Name

The municipality was named after the old ''Nes'' farm ( non, Nes) where the first Nes Church was located. The name is identical with the word which means " headland".

Government

All municipalities in Norway, including Nes, are responsible for primary education (through 10th grade), outpatient health services,

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services,

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and other social services,

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, and municipal

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s. The municipality was governed by a

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representatives, which in turn elected a

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Municipal council

The

of Nes was made up of 23 representatives that were elected to four year terms. The

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breakdown of the final municipal council was as follows:

References

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